The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Health and Well Being

Cynthia Franklin editor Paula Allen-Meares editor Mary Beth Harris editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:4th Feb '10

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The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Health and Well Being cover

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion gives busy social workers, psychologists, and counselors a quick guide to accessible, proven solutions for their students' most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook, each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. Here, readers will find an overview of adolescent health issues and step-by-step prevention and intervention guidance. This Concise Companion covers major health issues that affect students' well-being-from substance abuse to STDs to obesity-and presents innovative, effective strategies to improve student health by addressing risky behaviors. Each chapter is filled with charts, checklists, and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know, What We Can Do, Tools and Practice Examples, and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices, it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals.

ISBN: 9780195370591

Dimensions: 137mm x 206mm x 15mm

Weight: 272g

208 pages